News of The Future, This Week: December 19, 2017

Blockchain is the tech. Bitcoin is merely the first mainstream manifestation of its potential.”–Marc Kenigsberg, founder, Bitcoin Chaser

The price of a single Bitcoin, as of this writing, sits at just north of US$18,300. At that level, I don’t think that guy to the left is going to be finding too many of them in his virtual hat. But as this week’s lead story suggests, some workers in Japan will soon need Bitcoin wallets.***

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***By the time I hit the “publish” button on this post, the Price of Bitcoin had fallen, in just a few hours, to under $17,000. That represented a drop of 15% from its high over $19,000 earlier in the day.